The day passed by in a chaotic manner.
When the starless night arrived once more, the sporadic sounds of guns and explosions came from outside Dragon City again.
A large-scale crime like the one from the previous night happened again.
The main character was also a robber who had eaten a Deification Capsule and temporarily obtained supernatural abilities, but he was a little crazy.
The Dragon Citizens were much more wary than the previous night.
And the robbers' crime plan was clearly not as meticulous as the previous night.
Many of the robbers were immediately discovered.
But they did not intend to surrender. Instead, they were driven to desperation and fought against the secret police and the citizens who acted courageously for a just cause.
The robbers, secret police, and Good Samaritans all had supernatural abilities. Their clashes were the same as tanks crashing into each other in the city.
Even if they captured or killed the robbers in the end, the robbers' stubborn resistance before they died still caused severe collateral damage.
Initial calculations showed that every time they captured or killed a robber, Dragon City would have to pay millions to tens of millions in direct economic losses.
This did not include the deaths of innocent citizens and the subsequent effects of a large number of houses collapsing during the capture, causing the citizens to lose their homes.
The secret police were busy running about, and they could not attend to other things.
The Red Dragon Army was ordered to station themselves in the city to protect the citizens' lives and property.
But using the army to fight against the robbers hiding in the city was the classic example of using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito. They used up a lot of resources, but the effects might not be as good as they wanted. If the robbers hid in the residential buildings, they could not just set up cannons to bombard them, right?
The armed investigators from the abnormal beast research department also worked hard. They were stationed at the power plants, water purification plants, crystal smelting plants, synthetic food factories, and other vital points. They were worried that the monsters would seize the chance to enter, so they did not dare to be negligent.
The monsters did not appear that night.
But the investigators, including Meng Chao, Lu Siya, and Ye Xiaoxing, became even more tense.
Everyone knew that if the Deification Capsules were really created by the abnormal beasts as a secret weapon to fight against Dragon City, the monsters would definitely not miss this heaven-sent chance.
The monsters had yet to appear because Dragon City's defenses had not been pushed to the limit.
Imagine if the abnormal beasts used the resources they plundered to create ten times more Deification Capsules and sent them to the robbers so that the robbers would temporarily have the destructive power of superhumans. They would also receive professional criminal guidance.
In less than half a month, Dragon City would turn into a paradise for criminals, and social order would be gone.
And the secret police, armed investigators, and the Red Dragon Army would have their energy and wariness drained by the countless crimes. They would not have the time to care about the abnormal beasts' infiltration.
At that time, the exotic beasts would spread the zombie virus and Blood Flower spores in secret, creating an attack ten times more intense than the ambush on Noble Descent Hotel.
There was a high possibility that Dragon City would descend into eternal damnation.
The only way to deal with this seemed to be to put the entire city on alert and implement the highest level of curfew and military control.
In Dragon City's history, it was not as if they had never gone through a period where every citizen was a soldier and the city was under total military control.
However, the consequence of having all the citizens in the army was that the speed of economic development would plummet, and the vitality of society would not be maintained. It would also be impossible to create enough effective jobs. In the long run, it would be an overdraft of potential, and it would be like drinking poison to quench thirst.
Right now, it was the second era of construction in Dragon City. More than ten new cities and more than one hundred projects were launched at the same time.
The implementation of comprehensive military control at this time was tantamount to stepping on the "emergency brake" of economic construction.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, the Survival Committee would not make such a decision.
Fortunately, during the second half of the night, good news came from Golden Tooth Lair.
Shen Yupeng told Meng Chao that ever since he sent the information about the large-scale robbery and the Deification Capsules to Golden Tooth Lair, all the gangs in the lair became nervous with Golden Tooth as the leader.
Gangs and robbers were different.
The former needed to maintain a certain level of order in the gray areas to benefit themselves.
The latter, on the other hand, did not distinguish between right and wrong, and wanted to smash all order into pieces.
When he learned that Golden Tooth Lair might end up as the robbers' nest and that the abnormal beasts were actually doing something under his nose, Saber Jin Wanhao flew into a rage.
The people in the gangs had their own way of investigating the truth. From a certain angle, they were even more effective than the secret police.
They started investigating the underground finance companies in Golden Tooth Lair, and just as expected, they found clues that the list of borrowers had leaked out.
Then, they followed the clues and found a few hiding places for the robbers.
However, the robbers were puppets bewitched by the Vortex. There was not much meaning in capturing or suppressing them.
The key was still the mastermind hiding behind the robbers and the underground lab that created the Deification Capsules.
Shen Yupeng had a huge appetite. He wanted to capture all the robbers and mastermind in one go.
He mobilized the resources from all sides and came up with a plan.
In the series of crimes that happened last night, two of the bandits were knocked unconscious by the shockwave as they resisted arrest while on the way to escape.
Shen Yupeng caught the two of them, and while they were unconscious, he implanted micro wiretaps and positioning chips deep in their wounds.
Then, he intentionally dumped them in the depths of an alley.
When the two robbers woke up, they thought that they had escaped capture by a stroke of luck, so they fled to Golden Tooth Lair like the other robbers.
Shen Yupeng believed that the mastermind would not let go of these two "talents" who had successfully escaped once and had accumulated a lot of experience in committing crimes and fleeing.
It did not matter whether the mastermind showed up directly to give the robbers more resources and guidance.
Or whether he gave them remote commands through the internet.
Jin Wanhao, the Underground Emperor of the lair, could find more clues.
Of course, if the mastermind was really an abnormal beast, it would be difficult for the forces in the lair to destroy it.
In the face of an unprecedented crisis, Saber Jin Wanhao chose to give in and allow the forces of the outside world to enter Golden Tooth Lair to hunt down and suppress the mastermind.
Of course, the Underground Emperor also mentioned his own conditions. He did not want the secret police, abnormal beast research department, or the Red Dragon Army to use force in the lair and destroy the tacit understanding that had lasted for decades.
This was not a problem.
First of all, the hundreds of crimes outside had drained the secret police of all their energy. The abnormal beast research department had to fend against the monsters' infiltration and ambushes. The Red Dragon Army's heavy equipment was not suitable for fighting in the 3D maze of the lair.
Besides, the secret police, abnormal beast research department, and the Red Dragon Army were not the only top fighting forces in Dragon City.
The four research centers, Dragon City University, the alliance of the five universities, Universe, Sky Pillar, Soaring Dragon, and the other eight great mega corporations had veteran fighters who had survived hundreds of battles and unbelievable advanced technology.
Soon, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong, who was at the peak of Heaven Realm and came from various insurance companies in Dragon City, gathered together with more than ten Heaven Realm superhumans.
The environment in the lair was complicated and there were hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens gathered there. Even if the Deity Realm superhumans entered the lair, it would be difficult for them to fight to their heart's content.
The average fighting strength of the capture squad was at Heaven Realm, and it was an unprecedentedly grand lineup.
"Don't worry, Zhou Chong is a senior in the hunter circle. His sense of smell is one hundred times sharper than that of a normal person's. In the past, he caught countless monsters who are skilled in disguise and hiding in the wild. He has already imprinted the scent of the Deification Capsules and quite a number of robbers deep into his brain. If he smells the slightest scent, the mastermind will definitely not be able to escape!"
Shen Yupeng was badly battered by the hundreds of crimes over the past two days, but it also stimulated his determination to fight to the death. He slammed his fist against the table and said to Meng Chao, who came to get information, "Just wait for the good news. Dragon City won't have a third lawless night!"
Meng Chao cast a glance at the list of capture squads Shen Yupeng provided.
He saw quite a number of famous names.
Just like Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong, they were his idols when he was young.
He still felt a little uneasy and restless. He thought about it and said seriously to Shen Yupeng, "Big Brother Peng, can I join this capture squad and enter Golden Tooth Lair with Senior Zhou and the others?"
Shen Yupeng was a little stunned. "Why?"
Meng Chao was not acting on a whim.
He also did not want to act like a hero in front of a veteran hunter like Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong.
Instead, after thinking about it carefully, he found three reasons why he had to go.
First, if the mastermind was really the Vortex, he might be able to solve more of the Mystery of the Supernatural Entities through this monster.
Second, the fire in Golden Tooth Lair in his previous life had a decisive negative effect on the direction of the Monster War.
But Shen Yupeng told Meng Chao that Golden Tooth Lair was built based on the standards of a shelter and a war fortress, so it was very difficult for an accidental fire to affect the entire lair.
If it was not an accident, then what sort of scheme was hidden behind the fire that had yet to happen?
Meng Chao remembered that the fire in his previous life had caused at least one hundred thousand lair citizens to die.
No matter what, he had to stop the tragedy from happening again.
The third reason was related to the X-shaped eye.
Ever since he saw the X-shaped eye in the Demonic Abyss Eye's dying memories, Meng Chao had secretly gathered the files of various medical institutions in Dragon City, including the medical institutions that no longer existed more than twenty years ago.
But he never discovered the existence of the X-shaped eye.
Golden Tooth Lair could be considered as a living fossil of Dragon City. Many of the places in the lair still retained their appearance decades ago. There were also a lot of illegal workshops, secret labs, and unlicensed private medical institutions.
Meng Chao felt that he might be able to find the answer in Golden Tooth Lair.
'Of course it's because I hate evil. I swore since I was young that I would become the nemesis of evil and cut off the mastermind who has extended his hands to the innocent citizens of Dragon City!'
With this thought in mind, Meng Chao said firmly, "Big Brother Peng, trust me. I won't be a burden to Man-eating Shark Zhou and the others!"
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